former human (it/its) (@simula@cybre.space)
cybre.space
a few days back, the libretro github was hacked. all their repos were overwritten, issues and PRs all closed, etc. github restored access to the owners, but said they were unable to fix any of the damage if you're using github, you need to have a backup of ***everything*** https://twitter.com/libretro/status/1295181352426516480

@simula@cybre.space:

a few days back, the libretro github was hacked. all their repos were overwritten, issues and PRs all closed, etc.

github restored access to the owners, but said they were unable to fix any of the damage

if you’re using github, you need to have a backup of everything

https://twitter.com/libretro/status/1295181352426516480

  • ksynwa
    7·
    4 years ago

    damn what kind of sicko would hack something like libretro. it’s nothing but great.

    • Pedro LucasOP
      3·
      4 years ago

      Whenever I stumble upon a nice project, I instantly clone it into ~/sources and run a script to archive into a spare HD

  • nutomicA
    3·
    4 years ago

    Does anyone know a good way to backup issues and PRs from github?

    • DessalinesA
      3·
      4 years ago

      Ya we need this badly. Losing the issues and PRs would be terrible.

      • Pedro LucasOP
        2·
        4 years ago

        I don’t think there’s an alternative today.

        The best option I can see, is to invest in things like sourcehut, which is FOSS, you can use the hosted version or host yourself.

        There’s a tracker and a git repository, and is built upon the idea of email, which is distributed and a open protocol by design.

        I can’t “unsee” how Github/Gitlab are just shitty software after using sourcehut for almost a year now

  • massivefailure
    12·
    4 years ago

    Needing to keep local backups of your online content? What a novel and new concept. Oh wait, it’s not.

    If you don’t take daily/hourly/whateverly local backups of whatever vital things you have online and expect whoever is hosting it to be 100% reliable in restoring that content, you have serious issues. This shouldn’t be news at all, beyond “libretro git got hacked, they’re fine now”.